While the mainstream of modern
moral philosophy has always assumed that
the characteristic situation in moral judgments
should be the certitude, Aristotle’s
moral philosophy is dominated by the idea of
verisimilitude. As a matter of fact, its main
concept, namely «virtue», is doubly permeated
by this idea, both in its psychological
and epistemological sides: we cannot know
with certitude (only with verisimilitude) what
is entailed by the adscription of a virtue (e.g.
generosity), both generally and in a particular
case. Nevertheless, verisimilitude is a good
enough ground for action....
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While the mainstream of modern
moral philosophy has always assumed that
the characteristic situation in moral judgments
should be the certitude, Aristotle’s
moral philosophy is dominated by the idea of
verisimilitude. As a matter of fact, its main
concept, namely «virtue», is doubly permeated
by this idea, both in its psychological
and epistemological sides: we cannot know
with certitude (only with verisimilitude) what
is entailed by the adscription of a virtue (e.g.
generosity), both generally and in a particular
case. Nevertheless, verisimilitude is a good
enough ground for action.